Published Works

Publications (Peer Reviews):

• Zebari, M., Friedrich, A. M., Rieger, S. M., Plattner, C., Bruthans, J., Závada, P., Kahle, B., Alessandro, P., & Parizzi, A. (2025). Surface deformation and salt budget of an active salt fountain, Finu in the Zagros Mountains, Iran, using persistent scatterer interferometry. Lithosphere, 2025(3), lithosphere\_2024\_216. https://doi.org/10.2113/2025/lithosphere_2024_216

• Zebari, M., Friedrich, A. M., Ludat, A. L., Kahle, B., Rieger, S. M., & Kübler, S. (2024). The role of late Cenozoic intraplate tectonics in shaping the topography of the Bavarian Forest, southwestern Bohemian Massif, Germany. Geologica Bavarica, 130, 35–55.

• Ludat, A. L., Dusingizimana, M. W., Friedrich, A. M., Aßbichler, D., Zebari, M., & Kahle, B. (2024). Geologisch-petrologische Charakterisierung der Störungszonen im Vorderen Bayerischen Wald im Hinblick auf Datierbarkeit der Störungsaktivität. Geologica Bavarica, 130, 56–88.

• Forti, L., Pezzotta, A., Zebari, M., & Zerboni, A. (2023). Geomorphology of the central Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Landscapes of the Erbil Plain between the Great Zab and Little Zab Rivers. Journal of Maps. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2022.2164527

• Zebari, M., Preusser, F., Grützner, C., Navabpour, P., & Ustaszewski, K. (2021). Late Pleistocene–Holocene slip rates in the northwestern Zagros Mountains (Kurdistan Region of Iraq) derived from luminescence dating of river terraces and structural modeling. Tectonics, 40(5), e2020TC006565. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020TC006565

• Forti, L., Perego, A., Brandolini, F., Mariani, G. S., Zebari, M., Nicoll, K., Regattieri, E., Barbaro, C. C., Bonacossi, D. M., Cremaschi, M., & Zerboni, A. (2021). Geomorphology of the northwestern Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Landscapes of the Zagros Mountains drained by the Tigris and Great Zab Rivers. Journal of Maps. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2021.1906339

• Zebari, M., Philipp, B., Grützner, C., Navabpour, P., Witte, J., & Ustaszewski, K. (2020). Structural style of the NW Zagros Mountains and the role of basement thrusting for its mountain front flexure, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Journal of Structural Geology, 141, 104206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2020.104206

• Amine, A., El Ouardi, H., Zebari, M., El Makrini, H., & Habibi, M. (2020). Relative landscape maturity in the South Rifian Ridges (NW Morocco): Inferences from DEM-based surface indices analysis. Applied Computing and Geosciences, 6, 100027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acags.2020.100027

• Amine, A., El Ouardi, H., Zebari, M., & El Makrini, H. (2020). Active tectonics in the Moulay Idriss Massif (South Rifian Ridges, NW Morocco): New insights from geomorphic indices and drainage pattern analysis. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 167, 103833. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2020.103833

• Zebari, M., Grützner, C., Navabpour, P., & Ustaszewski, K. (2019). Relative timing of uplift along the Zagros Mountain front flexure (Kurdistan Region of Iraq): Constrained by geomorphic indices and landscape evolution modeling. Solid Earth, 10, 663–682. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-663-2019

• Zebari, M. M., & Burberry, C. M. (2015). 4-D evolution of anticlines and implications for hydrocarbon exploration within the Zagros fold–thrust belt, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. GeoArabia, 20(1), 161–188. https://doi.org/10.2113/geoarabia2001161

Theses:

• Zebari, M., (2021). Structural style and long-term slip rates in the Zagros Fold-Thrust Belt (Kurdistan Region of Iraq) derived from structural modeling, luminescence dating of river terraces and tectonic geomorphology. PhD Thesis, University of Jena. Link

• Zebari, M., (2013). Geometry and evolution of fold structures within the high folded zone: Zagros fold-thrust belt, Kurdistan Region-Iraq. Master Thesis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Link

Data:

• Zebari, M., Preusser, F., Grützner, C., Navabpour, P. and Ustaszewski, K. (2021): Luminescence Dating of River Terraces along the banks of the Greater Zab River in the Northwestern Zagros Mountains in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. PANGAEA. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.933900

Presentations (Conference Abstracts):

• Zebari, M., Wittmann, H., & Friedrich, A. (2025). Late Pleistocene–Holocene denudation rates in the Bavarian Forest from in-situ produced 10Be cosmogenic nuclides. EGU General Assembly 2025, EGU25-5647. Poster.

• Zebari, M., Friedrich, A., Ludat, A., Kahle, B., Rieger, S., Kübler, S. . Topography of the southwestern margins of the Bohemian Massif (Bavarian Forest): the role of Late Cenozoic tectonics. 20th Symposium on Tectonics, Structural Geology and Cristalline Geology (TSK), Freiburg. (Poster)

• Zebari, M., Grützner, C., and Ustaszewski, K., 2023. Temporal variations in deformation rates from structural modeling, Quaternary dating, and geodetic measurements: Zagros Mountain Front Fault, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. INQUA Rome 2023. (Session Keynote Presentation)

• Zebari, M., Friedrich, A., Rieger, S., Plattner, C., Brcic, R., and Závada, P. (2023). The role of salt supply, dissolution, and erosion on the surface deformation of emergent salt diapirs based on analysis of Persistent Scatterer Interferometry data. EGU General Assembly 2023, EGU23-12200. (Presentation)

• Kahle, B., Ludat, A., Kübler, S., Zebari, M., Rieger, S., Dusingizimana, M. W., Carena, S., and Friedrich, A. (2023). Fragmentation of the Victoria microplate: geomorphological evidence for active faulting along the Isuria-Utimbara fault system, Kenya-Tanzania transboundary region. EGU General Assembly 2023, EGU23-9511. (Presentation)

• Rieger, S., Závada, P., Bruthans, J., Plattner, C., Brcic, R., Zebari, M., Friedrich, A., and Dusingizimana, M.  (2023). Caprock matters: Surface deformation patterns of salt diapirs using high-resolution Persistent Scatterer Interferometry and geological field observations, Karmostaj and Siah Taq salt diapirs, Zagros mountains, southern Iran. EGU General Assembly 2023, EGU23-14811. 

• Zebari, M., Friedrich, A., Plattner, C., Rieger, S., and Parizzi, A. (2022). Quantifying salt extrusion rates in active emergent salt diapirs from Persistent Scatterer Interferometry data and salt budget estimates: Finu Diapir in Zagros (Iran) as a case study. EGU General Assembly 2022, EGU22-6470. (Presentation)

• Zebari, M., Preusser, F., Grützner, C., Navabpour, P., and Ustaszewski, K. (2021). The Zagros Mountain Front Flexure in Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Structural style and Late Pleistocene-Holocene Fault Slip Rates Derived from Structural Modeling and Luminescence Dating of River Terrace. GeoKarlsruhe 2021, 546. (Presentation) 

• Zebari, M., Preusser, F., Grützner, C., Navabpour, P., and Ustaszewski, K. (2020). Late Pleistocene Holocene Slip Rates in the Northwestern Zagros Fold-and-Thrust Belt (Kurdistan Region of Iraq) from Structural Modeling and Luminescence Dating. GeoUtrecht 2020, 322. (Presentation)

• Zebari, M., Grützner, C., Balling, P., and Ustaszewski, K. (2020). Structural relief across the NW segment of the Zagros Mountain Front Flexure in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: implications for basement thrusting. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20, EGU2020- 18993. (Presentation)

• Zebari, M., Grützner, C., Navabpour, P., and Ustaszewski, K. (2019). Relative Timing of Uplift Along the Zagros Mountain Front Flexure Constrained by Geomorphic Indices and Landscape Modelling, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. AAPG 2nd Edition: Structural Styles of the Middle East. (Presentation).

• Amine, A., Zebari, M., El Ouardi, H. (2019). Evaluating the impact of active tectonism in the Moulay Idriss massif, South Rifain Ridges, Northern Morocco. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 21, EGU2019-1608. (Poster) ​

• Zebari, M., Navabpour, P., Grützner, C., and Ustaszewski, K. (2018). Assessing Relative Landscape Maturity of Anticlines along the NW Segment of the Zagros Mountain Front Flexure, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20, EGU2018-17446. (Poster) ​

• Amine, A., Zebari, M., El Ouardi, H. (2018). Evaluation of relative landscape maturity of south eastern anticlines of South Rifian Ridges, Moroccan Rif Cordillera. British Society for Geomorphology Annual Meeting. (Poster)​

• Zebari, M., Navabpour, P., Grützner, C., and Ustaszewski, K. (2018). Estimating the Relative Uplift Time of Anticlines based on Landscape Maturity and Evolution Modeling: NW Segment of the Zagros Mountain Front Flexure, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. 17th Symposium on Tectonics, Structural Geology and Cristalline Geology (TSK), Jena. (Presentation)

• Zebari, M., Navabpour, P., Grützner, C., and Ustaszewski, K. (2018). Surface Deformation Related to the 12 November 2017 Iran-Iraq Border Earthquake (MW 7.3) and its Aftershocks: Insights from InSAR Data. 17th Symposium on Tectonics, Structural Geology and Cristalline Geology (TSK), Jena. (Poster) ​

• Zebari, M., and Burberry, C. (2013). Geometry and Evolution of Fold Structures within the High Folded Zone: Zagros Fold-Thrust Belt, Kurdistan Region-Iraq. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 45(7), 516. (Presentation) ​

• Zebari, M., Burberry, C. (2013). Evolution of Fault-Related Folds and their Hydrocarbon Trapping Potential: Kurdistan Region of Iraq. AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90163. (Poster)

• Zebari, M., and Burberry, C. (2012). Characteristic and Evolution of Folds from Integrated Field Data and Land Surface Features: Zagros Fold-Thrust Belt, Kurdistan Region-Iraq. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 44(7). (Poster)